Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 2,470
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $423,801
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · Sponsored by Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust · California · Construction
$1.0B in assets, 2,470 participants
Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust's Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 2,470 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #8,909 in Construction (9,030 peers)
Coverage in California
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan covers 2,470 participants in California, 3.9x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.
- #8,909
- in Construction (9,030 peers)
- +11.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 11×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,046,789,474 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan lands in the large band (2,470 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$110M in the plan year 2022 filing to $119M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $941M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan reported participants rose from 2,375 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,470 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 943190386 · Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan · $1.0B · 2,470 · 99th
- EIN $1.0B
- RANK 2,470
- PHOTO 99th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Pension Plan of Local 464a
- 5500 ind #8909
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Construction retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $941M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.0B |
| Net Income | $119M |
| Employer EIN | 943190386 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Board of Trustees Northern Cali. Pipe Trades Pension Trust plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.7B 25.827094189591353% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 4,721 | $1.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,026 | $1.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 4,912 | $1.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
Northern California Pipe Trades Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of Local 464a in NJ ($1.0B); by covered participants it is Securian Financial Group Inc Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement in MN (2,476 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).
- Pension Plan of Local 464a (NJ) $1.0B · 7,110
- Precision Castparts Corp. Retirement Plan (OR) $1.1B · 2,018
- National Fuel Gas Company Retirement Plan (NY) $1.0B · 548
- The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Retirement Account (FL) $1.1B · 625
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,470 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Securian Financial Group Inc Retirement Plan and Trust Agreement (MN) 2,476 · 6 off
- America First Credit Union Pension Plan (UT) 2,464 · 6 off
- Community Bank System, Inc. Pension Plan (NY) 2,476 · 6 off
- Kpmg Partner Pension Plan (NJ) 2,464 · 6 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.